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Re: Team 254 Presents: Dropshot Technical Binder 2016

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Originally Posted by RoboChair View Post
Round safety wire 0.032" diameter. 1678 ran 2 wraps around our wheels. It's a little bit of a tricky process. You must get the safety wire tight and squeezing into the wheel a little and you will almost definitely break some wires in the process of twisting them. Try until you succeed To stuff the twisted wire end into the wheel use a screwdriver or awl to stab into the rubber right next to the twisted end, then stuff it in.

Attempted destructive test of a shooter wheel
I felt myself shying away from that wheel...
Out of curiosity, does it explode if you run it without the wire, and if so how did you find out?
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